Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Massachusetts-New Hampshire, had the lowest unemployment rate in October, 2.6 percent. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California, had the highest rate among the large metro areas, 6.1 percent.

In November 2016, the unemployment rate decreased to 4.6 percent, a drop of 0.3 percentage point from the previous month. The number of people who were unemployed decreased to 7.4 million in November, a decline of 387,000 over the month. Both measures changed little between August 2015 and October 2016.

From October 2006 to October 2016, prices for alcoholic beverages have gone up 21 percent, compared with 12 percent for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. Much of the increase in prices of alcoholic beverages can be attributed to a 32 percent increase in prices for alcoholic beverages consumed away from home.

Self-employment in the United States
Trends in self-employment by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, including both the unincorporated and the incorporated self-employed, as well as data on paid employees who work for the self-employed.